role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
how many people; a number of people
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
the last moment; the very end
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
single-mother household; fatherless family
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
relatively; comparatively
government worker; public servant; civil servant
home area; home town; local
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision